Lexxi Goolsby is the Holdenville High School Scholar Athlete of the Week. Lexxi is on the Superintendent Honor and is a multisport athlete at HHS.

Wolverines Continue to Improve The Wolverine basketball teams played Warner and Prague this week and both the boys’ and girls’ teams showed significant improvement. The boys beat Warner 55-53 on the road and returned home to whip Prague 8864.

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“The apathy and inattention of the average citizen is beyond comprehension.” Abigail McCarthy For most humans in modern America, we find ourselves shopping in our local grocery stores most every week. So it is with our family.

Neo the Robotic Dog Brings Cutting-Edge Tech to Wes Watkins Technology Center A four-legged robot named Neo is turning heads in the Information Technology classrooms at Wes Watkins Technology Center — and it’s doing a lot more than just walking. Neo is a Unitree Go2 EDU, an advanced, AI-powered robotic dog designed for research, education, and development.

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Brandon Michael Hughes is set for Pre-Trial on March 3, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Hughes is being charged with Procuring/distributing/ possessing juvinile pornography and soliciting sexual conduct or commincation w a minor by use of tech from a case originating in 2021 as well as charges of rape, first degree (victim under age 14), two counts of Forcible sodomy, and lewd molestation from a case dating back to 2018. Hughes failed to appear in the Hughes County District Court on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 and was apprehended in Arkansas on October 14, 2025.

The federal jury trial for former Holdenville FFA Instructer Cody Ryan Richison has been rescheduled and is now set for April 7, 2026, at 9 a.m., according to court records filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.